Denville acquiring flood-prone homes

Houses will be razed for open space

10:46 PM,
Dec. 9, 2012

Denville -- 12/07/2012 -- Steven Ward, business administrator and Tom Andes, mayor, stand on Riverside Drive, in front of four of eleven homes being purchased by the town, on the flood-prone road. photo by Karen Fucito/For the Daily Record MOR 1207 Denville homes

Written by

Christy Potter Kass
| Special to the Daily Record

The township has made its first acquisitions of flood-prone residential properties, which will be razed and turned into open space before the next hurricane season.

The township closed this week on the first four of the 11 homes that will be purchased under the Morris County Flood Mitigation Program, initiated in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene last year. Some of the homes have flooded five times in the past six years.

Morris County freeholders recently approved funding for the 11 residential properties under the new program, which helps purchase flood-prone residential ...